City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0022R

• File #: 08-0022R
• Version: 0
• Name: Support for Baltimore City Experience Corps
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/25/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/3/2008
• Enactment #: 08-91
• Title: Support for Baltimore City Experience Corps FOR the purpose of requesting Experience Corps funding in the 2008-09 City Budget so as to sustain this intergenerational academic program in the 20 BCPSS elementary schools it serves so effectively.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Robert Curran, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Warren Branch, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Experience Corps, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/3/2008	0	City Council	Adopted
3/3/2008	0	Education/Budget and Appropriations Committee	Recommended Favorably
2/25/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
2/25/2008	0	City Council	Assigned
2/25/2008	0	Education/Budget and Appropriations Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Support for Baltimore City Experience Corps

FOR the purpose of requesting Experience Corps funding in the 2008-09 City Budget so as to sustain this intergenerational academic program in the 20 BCPSS elementary schools it serves so effectively.
Body
WHEREAS, A program originated and launched in Baltimore City, Experience Corps pays stipends to 350 senior adults of limited income and unlimited dedication to serve as classroom assistants in grades 1-to-3 in 20 elementary schools within the Baltimore City Public School System; and

WHEREAS, Thanks to Baltimore City supplementary appropriations of $250,000 in the past three years, the program has expanded from six to 20 schools within the past two years; and

WHEREAS, Experience Corps volunteers work closely with students, at the classroom teacher's direction, providing individual help for children who are either "behind" or "ahead" of their peers or just in need of the special attention which might otherwise distract from an entire class session; and

WHEREAS, Rigorous evaluations of the program show that having Experience Corps in a school raises the percentage of students achieving advanced and proficient standing on the MSA tests; and

WHEREAS, In six new schools where behavior indicators were tracked, rigorous evaluations demonstrate that Experie...